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digdug  ·  3674 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Leah McGrath Goodman: The Face Behind Bitcoin

What's especially curious about this story is that he's a libertarian who did a bunch of work for the government. News flash: (real) libertarians don't like the government.

Odd.





user-inactivated  ·  3674 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I don't like capitalism but I've worked at a bunch of corporations

digdug  ·  3674 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I don't like the government, but still use the library. My point is libertarians are (typically) much more committed when it comes to principles.

It's one thing for a libertarian to use public roads - he has no choice if he wants to live. But voluntarily working for the government is actively supporting evil to a (real) libertarian. Unless they're attempting change from the inside, I don't expect you'd see it much. Yet Satoshi has government written all over his background.

Perhaps that's why the majority (all?) of politics are made up of unprincipled people.

kleinbl00  ·  3674 days ago  ·  link  ·  

(real) libertarians sure do like money, though.

digdug  ·  3674 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I understand the argument "a man's gotta eat." And it's possible he wasn't always a libertarian. But once you've subscribed to the philosophy (and I'd argue that, of all the political persuasions, except maybe anarchism, libertarians are the most grounded in principles), I can't imagine the money matters relative to making a deal with the devil.

mk  ·  3674 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Pursuing ideological consistency at the expense of common sense is what makes every ism functionally similar.

kleinbl00  ·  3674 days ago  ·  link  ·  

That is halfway to a quotable.

mk  ·  3674 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Get it the rest of the way, and I'll share the credit. :)

How about?: isms are like drugs, explore them in college.

kleinbl00  ·  3674 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Politically speaking, "isms" pursue ideological consistency at the expense of common sense.

- mk

(keep yer credit)

kleinbl00  ·  3674 days ago  ·  link  ·  

    (and I'd argue that, of all the political persuasions, except maybe anarchism, libertarians are the most grounded in principles)

Whatevs.

user-inactivated  ·  3674 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Every time I read something like this I get more pissedthen I should at text on the internet.

b_b  ·  3674 days ago  ·  link  ·  

No point in getting pissed. You should just laugh a laugh of pity for these pseudo-intellectual ideologues, and know that the world will continue to function according to the rules of reality even as they hold onto their silly, debunked religion.

user-inactivated  ·  3674 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Hearing people try to explain this one away is indeed enjoyable, so I suppose there's that.

thenewgreen  ·  3674 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Don't hate the player, hate the game.